QAnon & The Human Toll of Misinformation
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
When a rabbit hole becomes a black hole, entire lives can be sucked into the void. This episode unravels the tangled web of QAnon, exploring its origins, spread, and devastating impact on individuals and families. Journalist Jesselyn Cook joins the fellas to dissect how a fringe conspiracy theory infiltrated mainstream culture, offering a false sense of belonging to those who feel lost. Through personal stories, the discussion sheds light on the psychological needs these theories fulfill and the heartbreaking challenges faced by loved ones trying to pull someone back from the brink. Empathy, dignity, and understanding emerge as crucial tools in combating the grip of harmful beliefs.
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| 0:00.0 | The Powering Politics Podcast is available six times a week, but you might not be. |
| 0:05.9 | If you want to catch up on what happened this week in politics, join me, Laura Dangelow and some of Canada's most tuned-in political strategists to break down the week that was. |
| 0:15.8 | Short on time, the weekly wrap has you covered with a new episode every Saturday. |
| 0:21.4 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:36.7 | Okay, folks, man, I'm so, so excited about this one. |
| 0:41.3 | We had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Jesselaine Cook, who is an award-winning investigative reporter and journalism lecturer. |
| 0:53.1 | And also an author who has written extensively about online conspiracy theories and their offline harm. |
| 1:03.8 | Jess Lin has recently written a book called The Quiet Damage, QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family. |
| 1:10.5 | And man, I mean, the book is amazing. |
| 1:13.6 | Jesselene is incredible. And Brian and I had the pleasure of sitting down talking to her about |
| 1:18.6 | all things conspiracy theory and the way that it just tears people's lives apart. And the societal |
| 1:26.7 | harm and the societal sickness that comes with that territory. |
| 1:30.9 | So I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:32.3 | This is a really top tier, top tier episode. |
| 1:36.2 | We love Jesselin. |
| 1:37.2 | We hope to have her on the show again at some point in the future. |
| 1:40.6 | So enjoy this. |
| 1:41.5 | Stick around for after the episode where the guys and I get to have a little discussion about grievances and dopamine and how those things kind of intertwine and the ways that we kind of get a little bit addicted to our grievances. |
| 1:55.1 | So enjoy and we'll see you all on the other side. |
| 2:12.7 | Brian, I know. |
| 2:15.6 | You know, I'll actually, I'm going to start it off. |
| 2:17.5 | I'm going to start it off by saying this. |
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